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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Politics Trick or Vote: Your Only Chance as An Adult to Compete with Children for Candy and Not Feel Stupid

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM

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On October 31, the Washington Bus will host its third annual Trick or Vote night, which involves hundreds of young people in costume on Halloween - mere days before election day - knocking on thousands of doors, getting candy, and reminding people to vote. Attractive, costumed people are meeting at Washington Hall (154 14th Ave) at 3:00 p.m. to Trick-or-Vote their guts out, then return to Washington Hall for a costume party with booze, candy, and more attractive people in ridiculous outfits.

So start thinking of your costume now and RSVP here. This election cycle is looking bleak for liberals—Eyman's initiative is polling well, the soda lobby is successfully killing the two-cent candy and soda tax (which would generate $352 million for our state's General Fund over five years), the income tax is floundering (which would help pay for education), Proposition 1 needs support, and Patty Murray (and friends!) is fighting Dino Rossi tooth-and-tiny-nail to keep her seat in the Senate.

The youth vote is overwhelmingly progressive but it's also the most anemic. However, people are seven percent more likely to vote after they interact with an actual human being prompting them to vote, according to the Analyst Institute. "That's why Halloween's the best day of the year to turn out voters," explains Goldstein. "It's the one day that people are waiting by the door for you to come to them. How often does a man dressed as a My Little Pony or a Mexican wrestler get to make a difference in Washington politics?"

Almost never (as it should be).

Trick-or-Vote events are also happening in Vancouver and Spokane. Dress warm. Get candy. Remind people to vote.

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The Washington Bus would be well-served to have their links to Trick or Vote actually work.

Posted by leek on October 12, 2010 at 2:11 PM

Yeah. Cool pics of Toby only go so far.

Fix the links!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM

looks like they need a webmaster that understands absolute vs relative links. do people still say webmaster? the link should be http://trickorvote.org

Posted by whitewyatt on October 12, 2010 at 3:24 PM